Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-20

ina fnpuzfnnas 8 tkere ere en f0f ffial
f11ee U11dex ezEsA b1s11e1 q n1mD1I
q evil saiia Inad6Ikinn 10 khe chAxzs
bsca9h& aenansf Frank Fuller whieh
has er1nset wNr1d mfds nnforte3y, there
b - b hard the trial Of Waller RlsEss.
9 white nan. iadintsd f1E The muEdst q
an Indiam % DeugiMs 1alanes In 0ctG-
bes lat year. Ths third cess = tha1 q
% Inaian aeensod of bufe1ErlnR ~
wife 81 BafnsE bag o. July In ia9a. :.
since tha fuauanraafnn cf the civil
eovernmaut II 1854, there bas boeu ne
instaaes Of rFisuaef being ssnleseeo
20 death Ia tkla tarfitgKy, e1s = . -
Iletef that SndRe Dawscn vii nos snirA
The responsibility q Imposing ne ex-
treDo penaity Of The isw II TIE egloencs
and the law ahould wnKf&nt e. 10 o.
eide npon Tie issuine Of trns bills u ne
several ossss 70 Be heard there have
been Summoned 10 af8sud sixlesn grand
fuFoFB, drawn IN ths usual manner ~ Q
ecmznissf0nsr and the disiEicl eieEk.
II ennssauencs Of there being charges
Of muedtF coming on for adtudic4tio1.
the Law Requires that thirty-seyen pesll
Jurors attend 10 addition 50 the grand
iar0rs, and IL ths snmmo1inE Of e
1any furyman they have necessarily
been aeiealed from many different paris
81 the territory. II ID belissea that al
tue jurors, both grand and petils have
the heas interests Of the district e. heart
and win DO their duty keaxissaiy. nhoeld
eitbeE Of She three prisoners indicted oe
condemned - die, theiR ezec1tlons
w0uid ooant ID 1lfka, q q plaoe % oe
named bg the marshal. The last cases
Of hanging which occurred Ia the terri
tory we're carried cut By mob yiole1oe
In the town Of Juneau, IN the year 49,.
When two Indians we're lynched for
slayinq Q White man,--a mode Of pun
lshment nov IL entire disfavoF 10 Alas.
kA and rendered unnecessary becaaee Of
the care exercised By the civil authora-
ties to uphold Law and order.
BoknD on KDUcAIIoE.
The territorial board Of education,
consisting Of Judge Dawson, Governor
HwinefoEd and Dr.. sheldon Jackson
has issued series Of rules for the gov
ernmeut Of the public schools IN the
teFxitery. Rule 3 prescyibas thas scoF.
porsl p1nishmsnt should not be inllict-
ed except Ia extreme cases Of miscon-
duct, and then In moderation only.
The rule meets with the appreciation OF
the teachers and the public generally.
Ihe board 10 enforcing, also the CON-
puasOFy attendance regulation, the re-
sult being that the Indians appear 10 Be
willing 20 comply With the Law 30 soon
as they thoroughly understand what Il
requires them to do.
WANTS 10 LEAVE,
Before Judge Dawson, In the district
court, on the 31st ult., came up for ar
gument q writ Of habeas ooFpuss Issued
on the 18th, directing Ldeuk. Command
or John 3. Newell, OF the United States
steamer PiAta. nov mooFed for the win
ter il sitka harboE, TO bring into court
one Scott Oliver, Q common seaman on
the vessel named. The object Of the
writ vas 20 release Oliver from further
service in the navy, the ground alleged
being that be enlisted while under the
age Of tWenty-one years withont the
consent of bic parents or guardian. The
learned Judge in deciding the case held
that the enlistment Of boys Ia the nAvy
between the ages OF IA and 10 could
only be IeRalizsd by the consent Of theiI
parents FIRST being had and obtained
But thai II they we're over the age OF Il
when they enlisted they we're bound
under the contract Of their enlistment
10 serve until they attained their major
icy, at which time their term expires bJ
operation Of Law. The effect Of the
Judgment was that the petitioner was re
manded hack 10 the custody OF Cd.
lieutenant commander.
THR NETLAKAHzLANs.
The tribe Of Indians known as Met
lakahtlans formerly residents Of British
Columbia, who early In the year re-
solved 20 reDcunce their allegiance x
Queen Victoria, and in carrying cu
that discrimination abandoned theil
old home on British soil and settled or
Annette Ialand, this territory, at q pub
lie meeting recently hsld, decided q
authorize she chairman, John TAFT anC
David Leask, the secretary, 10 les
claim 10 the whole island which thel
nov occupy, the dimensions beinl
about sixty square miles. Not only d.
the settlers claim title 10 the who'll
island but they intend 10 ask the GOV
eminent 20 recognize their right 10 al
Che rocks and islands within ita bays Of
harbors, or within half Q mile Of ii
shores. The notification Of claim hal
been recorded In the registry Office here
The newcomers number about on
thousand souls and are being added 4
from surrounding tribes from time 4
time.
LIBERATED.
Frank L. Bangs, Who in March Les
pleaded guilty % smuggling liquors and
other duiiahle goods from Bsitisl
port into the territory Of Alaska, anC
was sentenced By the district court b
two years impFiBonmenl and ordereS
in addition 10 pay fine Of 5000, va
liberated BY Judge Dawson on the IL
inst, on the bearing Of writ of habesI
corpus. The ground Of the prisoner
release was that be bad been prosecuted
on information instead OF an tndict
ment. His honor held that according
10 recent decisions In the supreme oour
Of the United States, viz, In the Wilson
Mackin and Batne cases; the Erleonei
had been Illegally sentenced and wei
entitled TO an immediate discharge
Under section 1Q23 OF the revisel
statutes, the judges Of the circuit and
district courts throughout the UniS1
had for the past fifteen years beeI
holding that prosecutions for offensel
which might be punished By hard
labor we're valid II based upon 9 sWoFI
information; the view OF the pEisnl
judges being that indictments BY 1
grand Jury were unnecessary. Bat re
cent decisions By the court Of last re
sort having laid II down that snuh pro
sscutions were not valid andeg TIE fftk
amendment TO the constitution. JudRS
DAvsen could do nothing bat bow e
the dicsum Of the htghesi Judicial "a
thorities 81 the land and order the pris'
oneF's release.
ozxKRAL NKva.
Dr.. Sheldon Jackson, the territorial
education agent, starts on q trip 70 The
east in q fortnight He wiil SPEND
some time at Washington during The
session Of congress and endeav0r "a
have toe school appropriation, nov only
$4,000. increased % $4,000. Alaska
needs mere teachers and more schaola,
several 81 the buildings nos used for
TIE purpose Of educating the childFen
osinR tamble down, condemned siEns-
turea nearly century old.
The Greco Russian chufuh IL ascnr.
tng adherents every week from tha ne
tive tlinkits. TIE number Of Indians
Who have been converted 30 the belief
daring the pass three months exceeds
one handred.
A society has been formed in Sitks
Tor the puEpose Of establishing q me-